A letter from Fr. Henry Gaffney OP, St. Mary’s, The Claddagh, Galway, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap., congratulating him on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and its 'valiant onslaught on the northern tyranny'. Gaffney adds ‘You have done greater work than all the loud politicians’.
A letter from ‘Francis P. Bassonwell’, republican internee, Crumlin Road Jail, Belfast, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. regarding his efforts to distribute thirty copies of the ‘Orange Terror’ supplement. He also refers to the banning of the ‘Orange Terror’ offprint in Northern Ireland.
Letter from ‘Jimmy B’, prisoner no. “Q 161”, to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. expressing his gratitude to Fr. Aloysius for his ‘two cards [and] also the Xmas card which were as rays of sunshine from Church St. to me in my exile’. He also adds ‘Eoin McNeill desired me to thank you for his Christmas message which he received alright and Gerard Crofts sends his best respects to you’.
A letter from ‘Rutherford Mayne’ (Samuel John Waddell, 1878-1967) to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. Sylvius, Rector of Graan, to Provincial, congratulating him on his re-election, and requesting the Alexis be appointed Vicar in Graan. (Alexis had just been Rector for previous 6 years.)
Letter from A. J. Howlin, prisoner no. 899, Wakefield, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Church St., Dublin, asking to convey his thanks to Fr. Peter [Bowe] ‘for his interest in us all the time. He was greatly knocked about on our account’. Signed Seamus Ua Hualláin. With cover opened by censor.
A letter from Abbé Henry Essex Edgeworth, Paris, to the [Comtesse du Roure].
A letter from Abbé Henry Essex Edgeworth to the [Comtesse du Roure], Rue de Bourbon, Paris.
A letter from Ada Chesterton (and Robert Lynd) appealing for funds to support Hugh Martin, ‘a political writer and special correspondent’, who has fallen on hard times.
A letter from Adolf Morath to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him for the copy of 1948 edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and referring to his photography work